Yesterday afternoon, in the suburbs of Erie PA on I-90, Brookside (PA) Squad 257 was struck by a semi car carrier while they were responding to an I-90 crash. 3 Firefighters were injured-but they have NLT injuries. The weather conditions were described as "white out" at the time of the numerous crashes.
In speaking with Fire Chief Don Erbin, he said "I’ve been a Chief Officer a long time, and have had command of some large and small incidents, but when you hear "Command we were just hit by a semi!" That not only makes you tweak just a bit but escalates your incident a bit. Keeping that crew calm while getting them help – but also keeping the crews you have working toward their original goal to continue is the challenge" HERE are pictures: www.kuhlhosefire.org .
